How do you Goofy footers catch left handers?

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29 Dec 2018 5:44AM

Hey Seabreezers,

I would like to be less of a kook at positioning myself in the right spot to catch left hand waves and I am a goofy footer, I have developed the habit of always paddling to the right to turn around to catch the wave in order to not get be caught in too deep and taken out by a wall of white water which I call being caught north of the wall (Game of Thrones analogy). Where I surf the natural footers seem to be able to catch them with greater ease using this approach. I am wondering how other goofy footers catch left handers? Prepared to do some retraining/training to improve this.

WA

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WA, 938 posts

30 Dec 2018 4:02PM

Going backhand wether you are natural or goofy is tricky IMO. I have found paddling towards and away from the wave depends on the crowd, the nature of the wave and just generally where you are when the wave comes. Have had wins and losses both ways just takes practice and trial and error. I had a session on my backhand today where paddling towards the peak and swinging it around worked well, I know the same wave when bigger and more crowded would mean it's best to position myself a little deeper, be further out and paddle away from the peak.

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2 Jan 2019 2:50AM

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Souwester said..Going backhand wether you are natural or goofy is tricky IMO. I have found paddling towards and away from the wave depends on the crowd, the nature of the wave and just generally where you are when the wave comes. Have had wins and losses both ways just takes practice and trial and error. I had a session on my backhand today where paddling towards the peak and swinging it around worked well, I know the same wave when bigger and more crowded would mean it's best to position myself a little deeper, be further out and paddle away from the peak.

Thanks Souwester. You have given me a few things for me to think about when assessing what might be the best approach.